{"id":2445261,"date":"2025-06-10T10:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-launches-major-effort-to-flip-a-republican-stronghold-blue\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:15:12","slug":"george-soros-launches-major-effort-to-flip-a-republican-stronghold-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-launches-major-effort-to-flip-a-republican-stronghold-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"George Soros Launches Major Effort to Flip a Republican Stronghold Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-soros-launches-major-effort-to-flip-a-republican-stronghold-blue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2445261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a important political initiative aimed at flipping Texas from a Republican stronghold to a Democratic one. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&amp;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested ...s\">political action committee<\/a> (PAC) called &#8220;Texas Majority,&#8221; funded by billionaire George Soros, has launched a &#8220;Blue Texas&#8221; campaign in collaboration with the Texas Democratic Party and various county parties. This initiative aims to mobilize thousands of volunteers, recruit candidates, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >increase voter turnout ahead<\/a> of the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, Texas has favored Republican candidates, with the last Democratic statewide victory occurring in 1994. However, the Texas Majority PAC plans to begin an extensive campaign tour covering over 24 cities starting in July, alongside rallies in June. Despite the challenges, Democrats are optimistic about certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-are-heading-to-the-polls-across-the-country-here-are-some-of-the-biggest-races\/\" title=\"Americans Are Heading To The Polls Across The Country. Here Are Some Of The Biggest Races\">high-profile races<\/a>, especially targeting GOP Senator John Cornyn, who is anticipated to face significant opposition.<\/p>\n<p>George Soros, known for his polarizing political influence and substantial contributions, has previously invested millions into similar efforts in Texas. His son,Alex soros,is expected to play a more visible role in the campaign,contrasting with his father&#8217;s more behind-the-scenes approach. The article highlights the ongoing efforts and challenges faced by Democrats in attempting to reshape Texas&#8217;s political landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Come every presidential election, most states tend to &ldquo;follow the script.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While things can gradually change over time, in a given year, most prognosticators can get a good measure on which states will vote for whom, at least outside of the battleground sites.<\/p>\n<p>For example, states like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-gavin-newsom-karen-bass-lying-californians-happening-la\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-city-raising-toll-prices-law-abiding-citizens-failing-collect-billions-toll-cheats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> are reliably deep blue year-to-year, at least in recent politics.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, certain states will almost always comfortably vote red &mdash; one can pretty much pick from any Southern state to see this point.<\/p>\n<p>If controversial billionaire activist George Soros has anything to say about it, however, one won&rsquo;t be able to pick just any other Southern state anymore.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A Soros-backed group, &ldquo;Texas Majority,&rdquo; is trying to turn the Lone Star State blue, and &mdash; unsurprisingly &mdash; there&rsquo;s a lot of money behind it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas Majority PAC, a Soros-funded PAC, launched a &lsquo;Blue Texas&rsquo; initiative Monday along with the Texas Democratic Party and a group of county parties, aiming to organize tens of thousands of volunteers, recruit candidates and boost turnout ahead of the 2026 midterm elections,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/group-backed-by-george-soros-to-plow-millions-into-turning-texas-blue-4dfa75bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet added: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lefty-billionaire-george-soros-set-control-second-largest-us-radio-chain-ahead-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soros<\/a>, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, has devoted millions to turning Texas blue in the past and donated $2.1 million to Texas Majority in 2024 and $1 million in April, records show.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5340454-democrats-texas-blue-campaign-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>, &ldquo;Blue Texas&rdquo; kicks off in earnest in July, with a major tour expected to go through over 24 Texas cities.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, however, the Soros-backed PAC plans to hold multiple rallies throughout June.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a spirited effort in a state that Democrats haven&rsquo;t won a statewide election since 1994, per the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans have won every presidential election in Texas since 1980, and the last Democratic U.S. senator to win an election in the state was Lloyd Bentsen in 1988,&rdquo; the Journal noted.<\/p>\n<p>Despite those seemingly long odds, there is one specific race that Democrats think is within reach.<\/p>\n<p>GOP Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cornyn-dems-3-5-trillion-bill-economic-grenade-tossed-laps-american-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Cornyn<\/a> is reportedly in the hot seat, per The Hill, and is staving off a fierce primary challenge from Republican Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tx-ag-ken-paxton-says-knows-100-democrats-cheat-tells-tucker-stop-looking-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Paxton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans know who their players are in this brewing showdown, Democrats still have options to toy with.<\/p>\n<p>Of note, it remains to be seen how much Soros&rsquo; activist son will be a part of these &ldquo;Blue Texas&rdquo; efforts.<\/p>\n<p>George Soros has been a deeply polarizing figure due to his deeper pockets and far-left ideologies, but he has largely operated from the fringes, letting his money do much of the heavy lifting.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, his son, Alex Soros, has been a far more public presence, even holding a lavish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-holds-fundraiser-george-soros-sons-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraiser<\/a> for failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz late last year.<\/p>\n<p>That fundraiser may not have turned the White House blue, but it&rsquo;s clear that neither Soros is done trying to turn things Democrat &mdash; even if it costs a lot of money.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Although changes can occur over time, analysts can usually anticipate which states will support which candidates, particularly outside of competitive areas. For instance, California and New York consistently vote Democratic in recent elections. In contrast, many Southern states reliably lean Republican. However, with the influence of billionaire activist George Soros, this trend may shift in the South<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2445262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/George-Soros.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34730,34250,40146,56868],"class_list":["post-2445261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-george-soros","tag-midterm-elections","tag-political-activism","tag-republican-stronghold"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/George-Soros.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445265,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445261\/revisions\/2445265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}